It has come to this: Ukraine confirmed late last week that it is utilizing Clearview AI’s controversial facial ID and data scraping technology to assist in identifying some of the thousands of dead Russian soldiers killed during the ongoing war instigated by Vladimir Putin’s government. Speaking with Reuters, Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov explained that the tech was specifically being used to match deceased men’s faces with social media account photos.
"As a courtesy to the mothers of those soldiers, we are disseminating this information over social media to at least let families know that they they've lost their sons and to then enable them to come to collect their bodies," said Fedorov, who also oversees the nation’s ministry of digital transformation.
